The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-28
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A Sick Mans Wife Disregards the Druggists
Advice and So Saves lie Lie OF
Her Husband. -

VIE thought IL was no more lnai! II ,aI
that should let you know wEat yo!ir
remedy has done for ME, anu l think
s.. too.
l live in East 18th street. west of
Third avenue. and have lived there for
about twentythree years, where own
real estate. Up to the time l am about
to mention had been sirrrg. well
nan. There was always more or less
malaria in the neighborh"oi. but had
not personally suffered from, it. II was
III 1880 I had my first attack. 1: came
on as such attacks commonly do, with
headaches, loss Of appetite and ambi-
ton, chilly sensations with sigh: fever
afterwards, q disposition to v;:wA and
stretch, and so forth. / was c"i3;oEed
al that time at Killians & Brothers.
furniture manufacturers. in Nrs, sd
street. hoped the attack w0nl;j wear
oil. but a:: i didn't l consulted well
k,:"wn AID able physician il Ai.:r;S-
'1,ssSSsz ssSsss.z w;>ESrgave me quinnc atM :"i'' me
w5afSs 10. can sum up the ir<' four
and 6& OF five years Of ~ 'N?"ri-
rnce in fey words. Occa&io!;t!:y I
was laid up pr a day or tw,'. bn: on
the whole stucktp my work. l k"pt
taking quinine, in 'Frge" doses from
var to year, and kept = get; NJ Wr;'S-
cr and worse, slowly butsuir:E' t!' ':l'
time. My trouble was nT We'll de-
t;ncd and its symptoms We're SSS;:>:y ahu
regular I had dumb ague il It's worst
firm, and it was grinding IN" tnwnln
snitc Of all that l could du Nr til. do
t,.rS could do. 1t neli me i%.a g::: ':'5se5- ':'5se5-
ire in u burning coal mine. T;!c poison
had gone all through and oyer ne and
nothing was able to touch it. WIS
fast losing flesh and strength, and aboat
March, 1881, I knocked off work entire
Is and went home to be down sick. and
to die for all l could tell. Ira!f,!'wn so
rapidly that | soon became unable to
walk ANY distance. Later | went from
rnom 70 room in my own house only by
friends holdingme up by each arm. The
doses Of q!liiine were increases: until !
often took thirty grains at a CoSe The
effects Of this tremendous stimulation
was to make me nearly wild. II broke
ny sleep Ill up. and often walked ti!c
Eoor, or staggered about 1t, ii! n!git
Long, scarcely able to bear any noises
or even human speech. Ny temper
was extremely irritable. As to food,
one of my little children would c.:
,..ore in meal than I could in Il dry.
/ would order food and then turn from
il in disgust. l lived on q;Eni#e and
u.ier stilnulants and on naystJ, like u
bear in winter. The quin;nc set ny
head in whirl, and,the liqHnr-given
rs medicine-made my sioDlstcl SO
SIX could not tolerate it.
From 175 pounds (my proper wcight)
ran Gown to 81 pounds-thc weight
"t = light girl-and was scarcely better
tAan skeleton.
If aayjody had taken hatchet and
l:p0cked me do1on and killed me I should
hu,e tetn tetter of.
During the latter part Of this period.
early in 1886, my physician said:
Miller, there's no use in my taking
any more money of you, can't DO ynu
ANY good. I might pour pounds OF qu;-
l:ne down your throat and it wouldn't
i:clp YOU"
On the strength of this I gave up the
re IF quinine altogether. and made mp
n.r mind to do nothing more and take
~ chances.
Three weeks afterwards-abollt the
!aSi "f May-my wife SAW an advertise
rrrn; III kaskine in New York paper.
H.. ;o!d me of it. l said: stuff and
.,.,,,.t.ise! it can't do me any good"
ia: ,!e went to a druggists. nrvcrthe-
i..S<. to get it The drug~i<s advised
.'"r against Kaskine: he sail it was
::ol M but sugar; that she ought not
-, throw away her money on it. &c.
~ said he didn't keep it, but could get
/; she insisted on having it. Turn
::.c away in disgust my wife spoke to
....' ncighbor. Mr.. A. G. H:'@rwald,
w'," cot her bottle at drug store in
S:",n avenue.
Almost against my will. and without
::.v ;c;St faith. began taking it. in
n:lc week | was better | hogan TO-
-::rn. l stopped "Secing ghosts" = I
hc,|an to have III appetite a!i'; to gam
strength. This was now the first of
Jrn... 1886. and by the cnd Of that
month was back 1T ny bench ut G. P.
Smiths scroll saving factory in 18th
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